Charles Yu’s collection Sorry Please Thank You is every bit as delightful and interesting as Third Class Superhero. If you’ll remember, I’m not typically a big reader of short fiction. However, there’s something special about Charles Yu. I…

Craig Santos Perez’s 2008 collection of poetry, from Unincorporated Territory [Hacha], is nothing short of incredible. I can’t pretend to understand all of it, but I’ll be trying — that’s for sure. The collection is what…

I’m not usually a fan of short stories, so it’s pretty rare that I actually muck my way through an entire collection. That being said, Charles Yu’s first collection, Third Class Superhero, was one of those…

This is the second book in Renee Gladman’s Ravicka trilogy, and (like Event Factory) I don’t really know what to make of it. Interesting, for sure. Mysterious as well. I’ll have to wait for the third book…

The Facts of Winter is one of the best books I’ve recently read. Written by Paul La Farge (pretending to translate poems by fictional French poet Paul Poissel), it’s a collection of extremely short chapters that…

I don’t usually go for romantic works, but The Lover’s Dictionary is definitely a sweet little book. It’s poignant and beautifully written, and somehow manages to capture the complex and complicated thing we call love.…